Woman, children found dead in Indiana creek

No immediate signs of foul play, police say

The bodies of a woman and two children were found Wednesday in a shallow southern Indiana creek, and police said investigators are treating the deaths as homicides despite the lack of any obvious signs of foul play.

One of the children appeared to be around 2 years old and the other was an adolescent, but their genders were not immediately clear, Whitlow told the News and Tribune of Jeffersonville. The names of the victims were not immediately released, but officials told WLKY-TV that they were from the same family.

Investigators were treating the deaths as homicides, Whitlow said, but he did not release a cause of death.

Whitlow also did not have an estimate of how long the bodies had been in the creek. More information will be released following autopsies, he said.

Several police officers were on the scene shortly after the bodies were discovered and the entrance to the park was taped off.

WHAS-TV reported no vehicles were found near the bodies.

Whitlow said it's been nine years since a body was found in Binford Park, located in the center of New Albany.

WLKY-TV said that in 2004, the body of 24-year-old Alyssa Lee was found in the park. Antonio Malone admitted killing Lee and was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

"We haven't had many ones like this, especially with children," Whitlow told the News and Tribune.